A pit bull fights to break free of its chain in the backyard of a trailer in Muncie, where animal control officers and police removed more than 25 dogs.

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Jurors for the first time heard from Rahsaan Johnson on Wednesday, and it wasn't from the witness stand.

The 37-year-old Muncie man - standing trial this week on 26 charges stemming from a March raid at a northeastside mobile home where authorities allege he had set up a dog-fighting training facility - took exception to a comment made by a prosecution witness.

Phil Peckinpaugh, superintendent of the Muncie Animal Shelter, was being questioned by defense attorney Mike Quirk about his decision to have 11 of the 25 pit bulls seized from Johnson's property euthanized. ...